The Portland daily press., 1887-03-18

sure of haste during the closing hours OF the
session. JOSEPH r. BoDwELL.
When this message was read, Senator
Sleeper, of Androscoggin, who had intro
duced the bill, arose. He said that the
friends of the bill had had every reason to
suppose that the Governor would sign the
bin, and in fact they believed that he had
once signed it, but he had been ied 10 reverse
his action through the representatives OF tne
enemies of the bill. Senator sleeper hoped
the Senate would give the Dill passage
Senator Gilbert then spoke. He said he
had every reason to believe that his own
father died from the effects OF the treatment
by one of the quacks whom this bill was in
tended to suppress. He hoped the bill would
pass over the veto. When vote was taken
the veto was sustained 10 to Z. The seven
were Flint, Gilbert, Heath, Kendall, Nickels,
Sleeper, Weymouth. Senator Jones would
also have done so had he not misapprehend-
ed the question.
The message did not go to to the House.
1t originated in the Senate ana tonight the
approval of the veto rested with that branch
The Liquor Bill.
The conference committee on the liquor
bill have agreed, aud both houses have ac-
cepted the report and passed the bin to be
engrossed. The only points in dispute were
clauses making United States licenses prinaa
tdcie evidence The druggist clause of the
bill, which is an amendment of chapter 1866
of the public laws of 1885 as amendatory of
section 81 of chapter q of the Revised
Statutes, has finally been agreed to by st1ik-
ing off the last half of the section. This is
the section, the part stricken off being indi-
Gated by italics:
Sect. 37-No, person shall keep drinking house
and tipping shop. Whoever sells intoxicating
liquors in any building, vessel or boat, contrary
to law, and the same are there drank is guilty Of
keeping a drinking house and tippling shop, and
upon the first conviction shall be fined one hun
dred dollars and costs, and be imprisoned sixty
days, or instead OF such fine and costs shall be
imprisoned three months, and on every SubSe-
quent conviction shall be punished by fine of
two hundred dollars and costs and be imprisoned
SIX months. Druggists and dpothecdTtes may
Keep alcohol d7t reasonable quantity for COM
pounding medicines, but not for sale. A9ay fnt0C
scdttng liquor other than alcohol, kept or depos-
their premises, qehen taken IN connection Nth
the payment Of O government tar as a dealer IN
l1atortcqttng liquors, shall be frtnaa facie evi-
dence udt sad liquors are Intended for sale in
Tt0tGtt0H ofLdtC.
This striking off of the last of this section
Is intended to relieve the druggists from the
dilemma in which they insisted the bill put
them, although few in either branch ap-
peared this forenoon to understand exactly
what would be the effect of it.
. The clause relating especially to United
States licenses is unchanged, and stands as
follows
The payment of the United States special tax as
liquor seller, or notice of any kind In any place
Of resort indicating that intoxicating liquors are
mere sold, kept or given away unlawfully, shall
be held to be prtyla 9acie evidence that the per-
son or persons paying said tax and the party OF
parties displaying said notices shall be deemed
common sellers OF intoxicating liquors, and the
premises SO kept by them common nuisances.